Aerial drop for explosives



(No Model.)

M. L. S. BUOKNER.

AERIAL DROP FOR EXPLOSIVES.

Patented Apr. 14, 1885.

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" QsXBlI CKNER, or SHELBYVILLE, KENTUCKY. l

i A lAtnRe FOR IEXPLOSIVES.

SPECIFICATION ramis me; Letters Patent No. 315,712, dated April 14, 188

(Application filed SeptemberW, 1884. (No model.)

To. all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Mosns L. S. BUCKNER,

. a'citizen-"of the United States, residing at Shelby'vill, in the county-of Shelby'and State of .Kentucky, have-invented anew and useful Improvement in Aerial Drops for Explosives, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to I aerial transporta-I- IO tion ofexplosives, and dropping them in warfareyand it-has for its object to reach the en y'- 'rth destroying agents at distances construction and c mbination. of parts for ing thef jaerial drop for fexplosives, hereinafter described and claimed, reference'fbeing. had to theaccompanyingdrawings, in which-.

l3igure lis a; irontgview ofimy invention,

in2csho ws' "the-principal parts in de I and-to besupported by aballoon; D.is a' 'ibeltorchain-founted to rotate on -.pnlley,si:EF "'The pnlley Eis afmere, roller, and it may be journaled on a level withthe pulley F, so as to causeQthe belt to traverse horizontally, yor it may. be journaled above ansing-the-jbelt to travel vere bucketsor other receptacles for plosivesT-inany suitable form. Th ese' recepta les may hang .sidewise against the belt, as at} for thevmay-sit 'fl'a't'upon the belt, as at G {In either case'1 the revo1v-- ing of the belt tips the bncketsto discharge; their contents as each passe over one. of thep y 1 J 1 l j The receptacles may be arranged inany de}, sired order on the belt, ei'theifclustercdto: ge'ther or equally spaced overit's entire length. "The pulley F is connected bya train of gearwheels with a propelling-spring, H, its rate of revolution being governed by a fan-wheel, I, whose blades, being resisted by {the air, are restricted to a givenispeefd; v'lhis pe 0 tion of the device is common: e1 'rk such as is 11S8d f01 similar:purposes,and'itis here called propelling mech ni m s device has been previously set to start. Then it starts to revolve, and-continues to revolve until the contents of the receptacles G are emptied-that is, until the belt D has made a complete revolution. The shaft of the driving-pulley F would start atonce to revolve, as soon as the spring 11 is wound up, but its revolution is prevented, in the same manner as the alarm of a clock is prevented from I operating, until a given time. l

J represents the time-hand of the starting device, and K is the knob by which it is set. In service my aerial dropper for explosives,

will be managed according'to the rules of scientific gunnery'and engineering. The speed and course of the wind and the distance to the enemy being'ascertained, "it only remains to locate the starting-pointvin the proper line, set lth e-time-escapement to the number of l minutesor hours required for the balloon "to travel that distance, then start the balloon. Dynamite and such like powerful explosives may be thus dropped upon the enemy from overhead, where he is leastyprotectedr A fort, an army, or vessels maybe thus destroy edby means wholly irresistible. What I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters .Batent, is- L 1 1. 'The'combination, with a series of ex plosive carrying receptacles arranged to empty their contents in rotation, and means for rotating them, of clock-work conneotd with said means of rotation to start it to rotating at an'y'giv'en time, and a balloon for carrying the said apparatus.

.2. The combination, with the frame A and "the pulleys E and F, journaled therein, of u the belt D, mounted to rotate on the pulleys, the receptacles G, attached to the belt, the spring H, and gear-wheels connecting it with, the driving-pulley E, the clock B, provided with the setting-knob-K and time-hand J, means connectingthe clock with the; pulley 'F, and theballoon O, supporting the frame A and'attachinents, substantiallyv as shown and described, whereby explosives may be trans-- ported through the airfor al'given length of time, and then be dropped-,as specified.

. ,The; above specification "of myinvention signedfby. me i the presence of two subscrib- *i iiosns' ii. s.. BUoK tnn. 

